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"Blue Skies" is a popular song that was written by Irving Berlin in 1926. ==History== The song was composed in 1926 as a last-minute addition to the Rodgers and Hart musical ''Betsy''. Although the show ran for 39 performances only, "Blue Skies" was an instant success, with audiences on opening night demanding 24 encores of the piece from star Belle Baker.〔(Blue Skies ) at (jazzstandards.com ) - retrieved on March 19, 2009〕 During the final repetition, Ms. Baker forgot her lyrics, prompting Berlin to sing them from his seat in the front row.〔Laurence Bergreen, ''As Thousands Cheer: The Life of Irving Berlin'', 1996, p. 277.〕 In 1927, the music was published and Ben Selvin's recorded version was a #1 hit. That same year, it became one of the first songs to be featured in a talkie, when Al Jolson performed it in ''The Jazz Singer''. The song was recorded in all of the major and dime store labels of the time. Another version of the song was recorded by Benny Goodman and his Orchestra in 1935 (Scroll 25136 ). 1946 was also a notable year for the song, with a Bing Crosby/Fred Astaire film taking its title along with two recorded versions by Count Basie and Benny Goodman reaching #8 and #9 on the pop charts, respectively. Crossing genres, Willie Nelson's recording of "Blue Skies" was a #1 country music hit in 1978. It was a major western swing and country standard already in 1939, by Moon Mullican, and in 1962 by Jim Reeves. Thelonious Monk's 1947 composition "In Walked Bud" is based on the chord changes to "Blue Skies." "Blue Skies" is one of many popular songs whose lyrics use a "Bluebird of happiness" as a symbol of cheer: "Bluebirds singing a song -- Nothing but bluebirds all day long." 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Blue Skies (Irving Berlin song)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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